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solcito's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 realmente
Excelente libro. Está narrado con solo pov. Es llevadero, no se hace aburrido. Solo te dan ganas de saber q va a suceder.
Mi calificación se basa únicamente en q me costó agarrar el ritmo de lectura, el gran "no puedo dejar de leer" me pasaba de manera intermitente, no constante como suele pasar con otros libros.
Si debo decir q me enamore de Mustang
Excelente libro. Está narrado con solo pov. Es llevadero, no se hace aburrido. Solo te dan ganas de saber q va a suceder.
Mi calificación se basa únicamente en q me costó agarrar el ritmo de lectura, el gran "no puedo dejar de leer" me pasaba de manera intermitente, no constante como suele pasar con otros libros.
Si debo decir q me enamore de Mustang
agnela's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it was actually good, plot twists were unpredictable, action flowed, Darrows' character was consistent.
On the other hand, theres so much I didn't like about it. First of all, the main character is 17, but he thinks and talks like he's 35. Sure, his life was tough, but 35, really? I get it, it's almost YA but with adult topics, to appeal to adults without leaving YA genre. Which leads me to thr fact that Brown put everything that was popular these past decades in distopia and YA and made a Frankenstein out of it. Roman mythology, cruel games for teenagers, serious teenage relationships, segregation of society, death, distopia, glow up, you name it. Of course he made it, his creature is alive and breathing, it bloodydamn worked, although it shouldn't have.
My own personal greavances with this book was fridging of the main character's wife and the fact that after his body was modificated, changed, rearranged, his skin, organs tampered with, after rehabilitation he felt nothing. Look, this was a perfect opportunity to talk about chronic pain, you couldn't find a better way, and yet he blew it, not even mentioned anything. Sure, it's scifi, it's perfect technology and yadayada. I don't care. The last time I checked, the world has hundreds of languages to choose from, hundreds of nations that might end up in cosmos, and they are all Stil lspelaing in English, right? So why can't you talk about pain after major body surgeries and modifications? Seems realistic and plausible to me as much as everyone being an English speaker.
So yeah, it was good but not that great, come on guys.
On the other hand, theres so much I didn't like about it. First of all, the main character is 17, but he thinks and talks like he's 35. Sure, his life was tough, but 35, really? I get it, it's almost YA but with adult topics, to appeal to adults without leaving YA genre. Which leads me to thr fact that Brown put everything that was popular these past decades in distopia and YA and made a Frankenstein out of it. Roman mythology, cruel games for teenagers, serious teenage relationships, segregation of society, death, distopia, glow up, you name it. Of course he made it, his creature is alive and breathing, it bloodydamn worked, although it shouldn't have.
My own personal greavances with this book was fridging of the main character's wife and the fact that after his body was modificated, changed, rearranged, his skin, organs tampered with, after rehabilitation he felt nothing. Look, this was a perfect opportunity to talk about chronic pain, you couldn't find a better way, and yet he blew it, not even mentioned anything. Sure, it's scifi, it's perfect technology and yadayada. I don't care. The last time I checked, the world has hundreds of languages to choose from, hundreds of nations that might end up in cosmos, and they are all Stil lspelaing in English, right? So why can't you talk about pain after major body surgeries and modifications? Seems realistic and plausible to me as much as everyone being an English speaker.
So yeah, it was good but not that great, come on guys.
guge_googley's review
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
mdolive's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
flinkman's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
avocadochicken's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I really enjoyed this read, I like the dune type sci-fi of sword fighting being valid again because of shield tech or being dropped into a low tech environment
And our main character also has dune type goals
there were a couple of things that dragged my score down from a 5
Wife fridging as motivation is a pretty overdone trope at this point
the beginning in the mines and the rest of the book felt very disjointed, almost like they were different books from each other (although I guess maybe that’s the point?)
there were a couple of things that dragged my score down from a 5
voi_vikke's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
excelxiors's review against another edition
4.0
A solid dystopian novel. While I really enjoyed Darrow and Mustang as characters, a lot of the more minor characters didn’t feel fleshed out enough for me to truly care for them. But the story itself was great, if not a bit reminiscent of The Hunger Games, and I’m excited to finish the series.
dae_as's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
A book I didn't really enjoy. None of the tropes were terribly appealing to me. But I will probably read at least the second one because I heard it gets better. It just isn't high on my TBR.